David McCallum, the recently deceased actor who played "Ducky" Mallard in NCIS, played oboe and was the son an orchestral violinist father and an orchestral cellist mother.
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Trivial Facts
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The problem is, as wiki notes, with the definition of muffin. The rhyme may not be referencing the food we now know as a muffin, but a crumpet.
William Tyndale wasn't executed for translating the Bible into English; this wasn't illegal in the Netherlands. He was executed for being a heretic. Most countries didn't have a ban on vernacular Bibles; England had it owing to previous political uprising associated with such translations.
Back to A Clockwork Orange....
The Milk Bar served Moloko Plus.
"Moloko" is russian for milk.
Moloko Plus in infused with an amphetamine.
Speed (Velocette) is an amphetamine.
The Milk Bar served Moloko Plus.
"Moloko" is russian for milk.
Moloko Plus in infused with an amphetamine.
Speed (Velocette) is an amphetamine.
And you forgot that the bar is called Korova milk bar. Which means cow in Russian...
The most trivial fact is that the Americans call spicy salami pepperoni...God knows why.
Because peperoni in Italian means bell peppers.
So what language is it, pepperoni?
It's still spicy salami, guys.
Because peperoni in Italian means bell peppers.
So what language is it, pepperoni?
It's still spicy salami, guys.
I still find myself calling milk moloko after all these years.
Baloney!The most trivial fact is that the Americans call spicy salami pepperoni...God knows why.
Because peperoni in Italian means bell peppers.
So what language is it, pepperoni?
It's still spicy salami, guys.
I've left out much, planning to spreadAnd you forgot that the bar is called Korova milk bar. Which means cow in Russian...
out the trivial facts. But your addition
is cromulent.
One version of A Clockwork Orange
was that Alex became a law abiding
citizen simply because he aged.
Maturity, not government coercion,
civilized him.
exchemist
Veteran Member
Yeah but it's different for me. I occasionally walk up Drury Lane, or cross it.
I used to ride a Velocette Enduro in the 70s.
I should'a kept it. It was my favorite motorcycle
I ever owned. Very British....but it ran reliably
anyway.
exchemist
Veteran Member
That is possible. But we need to dig into the history of crumpet to bottom that out, and see whether the two were always distinct or not. Crumpets are good, in cold weather. I wonder if they exist in the US.
I haven't see one here in my 57 years.
Some of the language in Dune is from Arabic.
I really like David Lynch's movie version.
Also the latest one.
I really like David Lynch's movie version.
Also the latest one.
Yes. I love them.
Do cockatoos have hands?
Where do you buy them?
exchemist
Veteran Member
No it's just the direction in which they rotate the plane of polarised light.